Budget Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Budget Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Budget Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 186 184
Rank change year-on-year -42 -2 +55
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 162 300 431
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 1.31% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.46% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 212 313
10th Percentile £375 £340 £319
25th Percentile £450 £417 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.27% +8.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £555
90th Percentile £720 £656 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 6
10th Percentile £18.11 £13.75 £11.71
25th Percentile £22.31 £20.89 £12.35
Median hourly rate £26.87 £27.13 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% +34.04% -29.60%
75th Percentile £48.19 £37.50 £31.93
90th Percentile £85.28 £53.00 £36.91
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £24.74
% change year-on-year +16.67% +21.26% -10.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Budget Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Budget Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budget Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +15 62 £475 -5.00% 59
North of England -12 32 £493 -8.28% 82
Midlands -16 27 £538 -2.27% 52
North West +6 26 £493 -1.40% 48
South West +2 20 £525 - 30
West Midlands -8 19 £550 +11.11% 36
Scotland +20 10 £450 -1.59% 14
East Midlands -1 8 £525 -10.64% 16
East of England -12 7 £425 -26.72% 22
Yorkshire -10 6 £475 -11.21% 25
Wales +17 5 £1,000 +135.29% 4
Budget Management
UK

Budget Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.23%) CMS
2 2 (1.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.62%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 22 (13.58%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.85%) Acrobat
5 2 (1.23%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.23%) SAP CRM
1 2 (1.23%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.62%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.17%) Azure
2 5 (3.09%) Smartsheet
3 3 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (1.85%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.85%) SaaS
4 2 (1.23%) IaaS
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.23%) PaaS
5 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.62%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.94%) Network Security
2 3 (1.85%) 5G
3 2 (1.23%) Internet
3 2 (1.23%) Intranet
3 2 (1.23%) Wireless
4 1 (0.62%) 4G
4 1 (0.62%) ISDN
4 1 (0.62%) PSTN
4 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (1.23%) GIS
1 2 (1.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 72 (44.44%) Finance
2 67 (41.36%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.81%) Telecoms
4 20 (12.35%) Local Government
5 18 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 14 (8.64%) Legal
6 14 (8.64%) Marketing
7 9 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.70%) Retail
10 4 (2.47%) Advertising
11 3 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.23%) Banking
12 2 (1.23%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.23%) Law
13 1 (0.62%) Electronics
13 1 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (43.83%) Project Manager
2 18 (11.11%) Lead
3 17 (10.49%) IT Manager
4 14 (8.64%) IT Project Manager
5 12 (7.41%) Senior
6 8 (4.94%) Analyst
6 8 (4.94%) Communications Manager
6 8 (4.94%) Internal Communications Manager
7 6 (3.70%) Engagement Manager
7 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 5 (3.09%) Architect
8 5 (3.09%) Consultant
8 5 (3.09%) Head of IT
8 5 (3.09%) HR Manager
8 5 (3.09%) Senior Manager
8 5 (3.09%) Technical Manager
8 5 (3.09%) Technical Project Manager
9 4 (2.47%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 4 (2.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) Flash
1 2 (1.23%) HTML
2 1 (0.62%) .NET
2 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.62%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.64%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.79%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.85%) Life Science
3 3 (1.85%) NHS
4 2 (1.23%) IoT
4 2 (1.23%) Social Media
4 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.62%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.62%) FMCG
5 1 (0.62%) PMI
5 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.62%) AIX
1 1 (0.62%) Windows
1 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
1 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (43.21%) Project Management
2 57 (35.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (24.07%) PRINCE2
4 32 (19.75%) Project Delivery
5 29 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (17.28%) Risk Management
7 27 (16.67%) Agile
8 24 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (14.20%) Change Management
9 23 (14.20%) Resource Management
10 22 (13.58%) Decision-Making
10 22 (13.58%) Project Planning
11 18 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
12 17 (10.49%) Budgeting
13 15 (9.26%) ITIL
13 15 (9.26%) Programme Management
13 15 (9.26%) Service Delivery
14 13 (8.02%) Roadmaps
15 12 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
15 12 (7.41%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.23%) Python
2 1 (0.62%) Bash
2 1 (0.62%) Julia
2 1 (0.62%) Perl
2 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.62%) R
2 1 (0.62%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.62%) SQL
2 1 (0.62%) X++
Qualifications
1 35 (21.60%) Degree
2 18 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.26%) PMI Certification
4 14 (8.64%) PMP
4 14 (8.64%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (3.70%) ISACA
7 5 (3.09%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (2.47%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.85%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.85%) NVQ Level 4
10 2 (1.23%) ACCA
10 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.23%) CIMA
10 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.62%) APMG
11 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.62%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.49%) PMO
2 8 (4.94%) QA
3 7 (4.32%) COBIT
3 7 (4.32%) GDPR
3 7 (4.32%) NIST
4 3 (1.85%) P3O
4 3 (1.85%) SLA
5 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.62%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.56%) SAP
3 3 (1.85%) Adobe
3 3 (1.85%) Cadence
4 2 (1.23%) Cisco
4 2 (1.23%) Remedy
5 1 (0.62%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.62%) BT
5 1 (0.62%) Citrix
5 1 (0.62%) Fujitsu
5 1 (0.62%) Openreach
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle
5 1 (0.62%) Salesforce